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15 May 2023 
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Committee on Safeguards  
 Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLES 18.5, 32.6 AND 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
KINGDOM OF  SAUDI ARABIA 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated  and received on 26  April 2023, is being ci rculated at the 
request of the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  
 
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The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hereby notifies the Committee on Anti -Dumping 
Practices, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the Committee on 
Safeguards, in accordance with Article 18.5 of the Agreement on the Implementation of Article  VI 
of the GATT 1994, Article 32.6 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and 
Article  12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards respectively, of the Law of the Trade Remedies in the 
International Trade (the "Law") issued by the Royal decree No. (M/60), on 29/04/1444  H, 
corresponding to 23/11/2022 G . 
The Law is authentic only in Arabic language an d is available in full text on GAFT 's website: 
https://gaft.gov.sa/ar/knowledge -center/regulations/pages/default.aspx . 
The attached English translation of the Law is non-official and for reference only by WTO Members.  
 
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  
 
 
The Law of Trade Remedies  
In International Trade  
 
Issued by the Royal Decree No. M/60 on 29/4/1444 H  
 
Corresponding to 23/11/2022 D  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1444 H / 2023 D  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  Table of Contents  
CHAPTER  I – GENERAL  PROVISIONS  ................................ ................................ ................  4 
ARTICLE ONE: ................................ ................................ ................................ .....................  4 
ARTICLE TWO ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  6 
ARTICLE THREE ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................  6 
CHAPTER  II – EXECUTIVE  ENTITIES  ................................ ................................ .................  7 
ARTICLE FOUR ................................ ................................ ................................ .....................  7 
CHAPTER  III – DEFINITIVE  MEASURES  ................................ ................................ .............  7 
ARTICLE FIVE ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  7 
ARTICLE SIX ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................  8 
ARTICLE SEVEN ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................  8 
ARTICLE EIGHT ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................  9 
CHAPTER  IV – PROVISIONAL  MEASURES  ................................ ................................ ..........  9 
ARTICLE NINE ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  9 
ARTICLE TEN ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................  9 
ARTICLE ELEVEN ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................  10 
CHAPTER  V – COMPLAINTS,  INVESTIGATIONS  AND  REVIEWS  ................................ ........  10 
ARTICLE TWELVE  ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  10 
CHAPTER  VI – ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION  ................................ ................................ ............  11 
ARTICLE THIRTEEN  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  11 
ARTICLE FOURTEEN  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  11 
ARTICLE FIFTEEN ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  12 
CHAPTER  VII – IMPOSITION  AND  COLLECTION  OF THE  MEASURES  AND  THE  
PUBLIC  NOTICE  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  14 
ARTICLE SIXTEEN  ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  14 
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  14 
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  15 
CHAPTER  VIII  – PUBLIC  INTEREST  ................................ ................................ .................  15 
ARTICLE NINETEEN  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  15 
ARTICLE TWENTY ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  16 
ARTICLE TWENTY  ONE ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........  16 
CHAPTER  IX – CONFIDENTIALITY  ................................ ................................ ...................  16 
ARTICLE TWENTY  TWO ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........  16 
ARTICLE TWENTY  THREE ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  16 
CHAPTER  X – JUDICIAL  REVIEW  ................................ ................................ .....................  17 
ARTICLE TWENTY  FOUR ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........  17 
ARTICLE TWENTY  FIVE ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........  17 
ARTICLE TWENTY  SIX ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  17 
ARTICLE TWENTY  SEVEN ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  17 
CHAPTER  XI – GCC  INVESTIGATIONS  ................................ ................................ .............  18 
ARTICLE TWENTY  EIGHT ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  18 
ARTICLE TWENTY  NINE ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........  18 
CHAPTER  XII – FINAL  PROVISIONS  ................................ ................................ ................  18 
ARTICLE THIRTY ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................  18 
ARTICLE THIRTY ONE ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  18 
ARTICLE THIRTY TWO ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  18 
ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  18 
ARTICLE THIRTY FOUR ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........  19 
ARTICLE THIRTY FIVE ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  19 
ARTICLE THIRTY SIX ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  19 
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CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS  
Article One:  
The following terms and expressions have the following meanings wherever stated in the Law, 
unless the context requires otherwise:  
− The Kingdom : The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  
− The Law:  The Law of Trade Remedies in International Trade.  
− The Regulation:  The Executive Regulation of the Law.  
− Trade Remedies : Issues related to the Anti -dumping Agreement, the Agreement on 
 Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the Agreement on Safeguards of the 
 World  Trade Organization.  
− The Authority : The General Authority of Foreign Trade.  
− The Board : The Board of Directors of the Authority.  
− The Chairperson: The Chairperson of the Board.  
− The Governor : The Governor of the Authority.  
− The Department : The Department responsible for trade remedies issues in th e Authority.  
− WTO : The World Trade Organization.  
− GCC Common Law:  The GCC Common Law of Anti -dumping, Countervailing and Safeguard 
 Measures.  
− Council States:  The Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the 
 Gulf. 
− Dumping : Exporting a  product to the Kingdom at a price lower than the normal value for 
 the like product, in the ordinary course of trade when destined for domestic consumption in 
 the exporting country.  
− Dumped imports:  Imports into the Kingdom of the product under an anti -dumping 
 investigation whose prices are alleged to be or found to be at dumped prices according to 
 the investigation.  
− Dumping margin:  The outcome of the calculation based on the difference between the 
 normal value and the export price during the period of investigation.  
− Normal value:  The price paid or payable, for the like product in the market of the exporting 
 country in the ordinary course of trade when destined for consumption in the exporting 
 country, or as determined by the Regulation.  
− Export price:  The price paid or payable, for the product under investigation when exported 
 to the Kingdom, or as determined by the Regulation.  
− Subsidy : A financial contribution provided by a government or a public body in a country, 
 that confers a benefit and takes one of the forms of a subsidy as provided for in Article  1 of 
 the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.  
− Specific subsidy:  A subsidy that is specific to an enterprise or industry, group of 
 enterprises or industries, or to a specific region, or contingent upon export performance or 
 the use of domestic over imported goods, in accordance with the provisions of Article  2 of 
 the A greement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.  
− Subsidized imports:  Imports into the Kingdom of the product under a countervailing 
 investigation that is alleged to be or found to be receiving a benefit due to specific subsidies 
 according to the invest igation.  
− Amount of subsidy:  The outcome of the calculation that represents the value of benefit 
 conferred to the recipient of the specific subsidy during the period of investigation.  
− Injury:  Material injury or threat thereof to the domestic industry, or m aterial retardation to 
 the establishment of a domestic industry.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  − Like product:  Identical product ( i.e., alike in all respects) to the product under 
investigation and, in the absence of a product alike in all respect to the product under 
investigation, the  product that has characteristics closely resembling those of the product 
under investigation. In safeguard investigations, it is the like or directly competitive 
products.  
− Imports destined to the Kingdom : Imports destined for domestic consumption in the 
Saudi market.  
− Increase in imports : An increase of imports destined to the Kingdom of the product under 
safeguard investigation in such increased quantities, whether in absolute terms or relative to 
domestic production, as to cause or threaten to cause serio us injury to the domestic 
industry.  
− Serious Injury: A significant overall impairment in the position of the domestic industry.  
− Threat of serious injury : Serious injury that is imminent based on facts and not merely an 
allegation or remote possibilities.  
− GCC investigations:  The investigations that are conducted in accordance with the 
GCC Common Law.  
− Investigation/Investigations:  Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard investigations 
conducted by the Authority on its own initiative or based on a complaint.  
− Period of Investigation:  The periods that are announced by the Authority in each 
investigation or review to constitute the periods over which interested parties ' information 
and evidence related to the investigation or review will be collected and examine d. 
− Measures / Trade remedies measures : Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard 
measures imposed by the Authority.  
− The product under investigation:  The product imported into the Kingdom that is subject 
to the investigation or review. Services are not inc luded within the scope of this definition.  
− Review/ reviews:  All types of reviews conducted by the Authority on its own initiative or 
upon a review request.  
− Interim review : A review conducted by the Authority on its own initiative or upon a review 
request,  when there is a change in circumstances requiring a review of the level, form, or 
the scope of the measures.  
− Expiry review:  A review conducted by the Authority on its own initiative or upon a review 
request by the domestic industry, or on its behalf, init iated before the expiry of the 
anti-dumping and/or countervailing measures, to determine whether the expiry of the 
measures would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and/or subsidization 
and continuation or recurrence of injury.  
− Mid-term review of safeguard measures : A review conducted by the Authority on its 
own initiative or upon a review request, no later than the mid -term of the imposed 
safeguard measures that exceed three years, in order to review the situation of the domestic 
industry, the impact of the measures, and  the extent of the need to withdraw or accelerate 
liberalization of the measures.  
− Review of extension of a safeguard measures:  A review conducted by the Authority on 
its own initiative, or upon a review request by the domestic industry, or on its behalf, to 
review the need to extend the safeguard measures to prevent or remedy serious injury in 
the presence of indications that the domestic industry is adjusting during the application of 
the measures.  
− Refund review : A review initiated upon a request by an im porter, or on its behalf, to claim 
a refund of a specific amount equal to the difference between the anti -dumping duties paid 
and the actual dumping margin on its imports of the product subject to the measures during 
the period of review.  
− New exporter rev iew: A review initiated after the imposition of definitive anti -dumping or 
countervailing measures upon a request of an exporter, or on its behalf, that was not 
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  relate d to an exporter or producer that exported the product under investigation during the 
period of investigation.  
− Anti-circumvention review: A review  conducted by the Authority on its own initiative or 
upon a request by an interested party, or on its behalf, or by a governmental body in the 
Kingdom to examine whether circumvention of the measures is taking place, as a 
consequence of which the scope and/or level of the measures may be amended, in 
accordance with Chapter VI of the Law.  
− Domestic industry:  The Kingdom 's producers as a whole of the like domestic products, or 
whose output or those whose collective output of the products constitutes a major 
proportion of the total domestic production of those products in the Kingdom. In safeguard  
investigations, the domestic industry means the Kingdom 's producers as a whole of the like 
or directly competitive products, or whose output or those whose collective output of the like 
or directly competitive products constitutes a major proportion of the tot al domestic 
production of those products in the Kingdom.  
− Interested parties:  Exporters; foreign producers; importers of the product under 
investigation; trade or business associations, whose majority of members are producers, 
importers, or exporters of the  product under investigation; domestic producers of the like 
product; and, trade or business associations, whose majority of members are producers of 
the like product in the Kingdom. Likewise, producers in the Kingdom whose industrial inputs 
include the pr oduct under investigation; the governments of the exporting countries; or, any 
other national or foreign parties that have a direct interest in the product under 
investigation, provided that such interested party makes themselves known during the 
period as  specified in the Regulation.  
− Public interest persons:  Governmental entities, institutions, and civil associations in the 
Kingdom that do not fall within the definition of the interested parties, and that have an 
opinion regarding the impact of the imposit ion of the measures on the public interest. This 
includes, but is not limited to, entities concerned by consumer interests, public health, and 
the competitiveness of the domestic market and other entities concerned with issues of 
public interest.  
− Relevant  governmental entities:  All governmental entities in the Kingdom that the 
Authority determines to be relevant to investigations and reviews.  
Article Two  
The Law aims to protect the domestic industry from injury caused by dumped and subsidized 
imports and to safeguard from the increase in imports, and to defend the Kingdom's exports that 
are subject to trade remedies proceedings.  
Article Three  
1. The procedures of investigations, reviews, and the measures consequently imposed on 
imports destined to the Kingdom  from WTO Members, have to be applied in accordance with 
the provisions of the Law and the Regulation.  
2. When conducting investigations and reviews on imports destined to the Kingdom from 
non-WTO Members, the Governor may apply the provisions of the Law and the Regulation, 
in whole or in part, or take other measures in a manner that does not conflict with the 
Kingdom's international commitments.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  CHAPTER II  – EXECUTIVE ENTITIES  
Article Four  
1. The Authority is responsible for trade remedies including conducting investigations, reviews 
and the imposition of measures in accordance with the Kingdom's international 
commitments, especially under the Anti -dumping Agreement, the Agreement on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures, and the Agreement on Safeguards.  
2. The Department shall receive and study the complaints and review requests, and decide 
whether to accept or reject them; and, establish the investigating teams to conduct 
investigations and revie ws. In this respect, the Department has the authority to request all 
confidential and non -confidential information required to conduct the investigations and 
reviews, receive, collect, access, maintain, examine and verify such information, issue 
reports an d submit its findings to the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of the Law 
and Regulation.  
3. The Governor has the authority to initiate investigations, to terminate them without 
imposing measures, to initiate reviews, and to submit recommendations t o the Chairperson 
to impose, extend, or terminate the measure and to amend the amount, form, and scope of 
the measures, refund provisional and definitive measures or part thereof. The Governor 
decides on the implementation of import registration and monito ring, import licenses and 
the addition of sub -heading customs codes, and imposes fines and consider grievances 
submitted in this regard, in accordance with the provisions of the Law and the Regulation.  
4. The Chairperson has the authority to decide whether or  not to impose provisional and 
definitive trade remedies measures based on the Governor 's recommendations upon the 
findings of the investigations and reviews. The Chairperson may reduce, extend, terminate 
and amend measures, their amounts, forms, and scope , refund provisional and definitive 
measures or part thereof. The Chairperson has the authority to decide on public interest 
matters, and on grievances submitted by interested parties, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Law and Regulation. The Chairp erson may at his discretion establish 
advisory committees and technical teams to support his decision -making.  
5. Relevant governmental entities, based on Authority 's request, shall  provide the Authority 
with the necessary information required for the conduct of investigations and reviews; these 
entities shall take the necessary executive actions to apply the measures in accordance with 
the timeframe and mandates of the Authority. The Authority shall provide the necessary 
information to enable each relevant gov ernmental entity to carry out its required tasks.  
CHAPTER III  – DEFINITIVE MEASURES  
Article Five  
1. A decision to impose definitive anti -dumping and countervailing measures may be taken in 
the form of definitive duties and acceptance of price undertakings bas ed on the 
anti-dumping and countervailing investigations that are conducted in accordance with the 
provisions of the Law and Regulation that resulted in finally finding that imports are dumped 
and/or subsidized, caused or threaten to cause material injury to the domestic industry, or 
materially retard the establishment of a domestic industry.  
2. A decision to impose definitive safeguard measures may be taken in the form of definitive 
duties and quantitative restrictions based on the safeguard investigations co nducted in 
accordance with the provisions of the Law and Regulation, that resulted in finally finding that 
there is an increase of imports that caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the 
domestic industry. The Regulation sets the conditions for dete rmining the quantitative 
restrictions and the distribution of the quotas.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  3. Definitive measures are applied on imports destined to the Kingdom that are subject to the 
measures based on a decision to impose definitive measures, and retroactively on the 
produc ts subject to decision of imposition of provisional measures in accordance with 
Article  10 of the Law, and on imports subject to registration and monitoring based on 
paragraph  2 of Article 11 of the Law, and on imports subject to registration based on the 
Law when the conditions for final collection are met.  
Article Six  
1. The application of anti -dumping and countervailing measures shall be for the period and 
amount necessary to counteract dumping and/or specific subsidy that is causing injury to 
the domestic industry.   The imposition of safeguard measures shall be to the extent 
necessary to prevent or remedy the serious injury and to facilitate adjustment to the 
domestic industry.  
2. The level, form, or scope of definitive measures may be amended based on  an interim 
review or an anti -circumvention review. In anti -dumping and countervailing investigations, a 
measure may be determined for a new exporter after the imposition of definitive measures 
based on a new exporter review in accordance with the provisio ns of the Law and the 
Regulation.  
Article Seven  
1. Definitive anti -dumping and countervailing measures shall be imposed for a period not 
exceeding five years from the date from which the imposition decision is in force, including 
the period of imposition of p rovisional measures, or from the date of concluding the most 
recent interim review that positively found a likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and/or specific subsidy and injury  if the measures were removed.  
2. Definitive anti -dumping and coun tervailing measures may be extended as they are, or with 
amendments, if the scope of the review included an examination of the modification of the 
measures  – for subsequent periods of maximum five years for each extended period. 
Provided that the expiry re view proceeding shall be initiated before the end of the period of 
the imposition of the measures, and the review shall find that the expiry of the measures 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and/or specific subsidy and 
injury  to the domestic industry. The definitive measures shall remain in force pending the 
outcome of the expiry review.  
3. Definitive safeguard measures shall be imposed for an initial period not exceeding four years 
from the date from which the imposition decisio n is in force, including the period of 
imposition of the provisional measures. If the period of imposition of safeguard measures is 
more than one year, the level of measures shall be gradually liberalized each year during the 
imposition period.  
4. The period of imposition of safeguard measures may be extended for subsequent periods, 
provided that an extension review of the safeguard measures is conducted in accordance 
with the provisions of the Regulation, and provided that the total period of imposition of th e 
safeguard measures does not exceed ten years from the date of the beginning of their 
imposition, including the initial period of imposition and extension periods. The safeguard 
measures whose period of imposition has been extended shall be less restricti ve than the 
measures initially imposed, and the authority shall conduct a mid -term review of the 
safeguard measures in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation.  
5. No safeguard measures shall be applied again to a product, which has been subject to fi nal 
safeguard measures previously imposed, unless after a period of time equal to half the 
period during which the safeguard measures have been previously applied, provided that the 
period of non -application is at least two years. The Authority, when impos ing safeguard 
measures that do not exceed a period of one hundred and eighty days, may re -impose them 
on the same product, provided that at least one year has elapsed since the date of 
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  applied on the same product more than twice in the five -year period immediately preceding 
the date of the imposition of the safeguard measures.  
Article Eight  
1. The applied definitive anti -dumping and countervailing measures shall not exceed the 
dumping margin nor the amount of subsidy definitively determined.  
2. The importer may be refunded the difference in the paid anti -dumping duties if it is found – 
based on the importer and exporter 's information and on a refund review conducted in 
accordan ce to the Law and Regulation – that the actual paid amount of duties by the 
importer is greater than the dumping margin determined on the concerned products which 
was imported during the period of review.  
3. Anti-dumping measures and countervailing measures s hall not be imposed on the same 
product from the same source as a dual remedy for the same situation of dumping and an 
export subsidy.  
CHAPTER IV  – PROVISIONAL MEASURES  
Article Nine  
1. A decision may be taken to impose provisional anti -dumping and countervailing measures in 
the form of provisional duties or securities, based on an anti -dumping or countervailing 
investigation that has shown preliminary affirmative findings that dumped or subsidized 
imports have caused injury to the domestic industry;  and that the imposition of provisional 
measures is necessary to prevent the injury being caused during the investigation in 
accordance with the provisions of the Law and Regulation.  
2. In critical circumstances where delay would cause damages that would be d ifficult to repair, 
a decision to impose a provisional safeguard measure may be taken in the form of 
provisional duties or securities pursuant to a preliminary determination that there is clear 
evidence that increased imports have caused or are threatening  to cause serious injury to 
the domestic industry.  
3. Provisional anti -dumping and countervailing measures shall not exceed the dumping margin 
or the amount of subsidy determined based on preliminary findings of the investigation.  
4. Provisional anti -dumping, c ountervailing, and safeguard duties shall be refunded and the 
securities shall be returned to the payers, where the investigation is concluded without the 
imposition of definitive measures, whether due to; public interest, the absence of dumping 
or specifi c subsidy, the absence of material injury caused by dumped or subsidized imports 
to the domestic industry, or because it has not been proven that the increase in imports has 
caused or threatened to cause serious injury to the domestic industry.  
5. Price under takings may be accepted for the product under anti -dumping and countervailing 
investigation, in the period between the preliminary affirmative determinations and final 
determinations. The Authority may terminate or suspend the proceeding for the party whos e 
price undertaking is accepted, unless the party requests the completion of the investigation 
or the Authority finds it necessary.  
Article Ten  
1. When an affirmative final determination has been made that imports are dumped and/or 
subsidized and have caused material injury to the domestic industry,  or that an increase in 
imports has caused or threatened to cause serious injury to the domestic industry; the 
definitive measures shall be imposed retroactively on imports destined to the Kingdom from 
the date of t he decision to impose the provisional measures. In the situation where the 
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  reimbursed. The difference shall not be collected if the definitive duties are higher than t he 
provisional duties.  
2. In anti -dumping and countervailing investigations, when an affirmative final determination 
has been made that imports are dumped and/or subsidized and threaten to cause injury to 
the domestic industry or has materially retarded the e stablishment of domestic industry 
rather than to cause material injury; provided that this determination was not due to the 
imposition of provisional measures, provisional anti -dumping and countervailing duties shall 
be refunded and securities shall be ret urned. The imposition of the definitive measures – in 
this case shall be effective from the date when the decision comes into force.  
Article Eleven  
1. Provisional anti -dumping and countervailing measures shall not be imposed sooner than 
sixty days from the da te of initiation of the investigation. Provisional anti -dumping measures 
shall not be imposed for a period that is more than four months from the date of the 
imposition. However, it may be extended to no more than six months when the Authority 
has taken pr ocedures to examine whether a duty lower than the dumping margin would be 
sufficient to remove injury. These periods may increase from four months to six months, 
and from six months to nine months, in case of a request by exporters representing a 
significa nt percentage of the trade of the product under investigation to increase the period 
of imposition of the provisional measures. Provisional countervailing measures shall not be 
imposed for more than four months.  
2. When the conditions determined in the Regul ation are fulfilled, definitive measures may be 
imposed retroactively on dumped or subsidized imports for a period of not more than 
ninety  days prior to the date of the decision to impose provisional measures, and not later 
than the date of initiation of t he investigation. To execute this provision, the Zakat, Tax and 
Customs Authority shall, upon the request of the Authority, register and monitor such 
imports and provide the necessary reports to the Authority.  
3. Provisional safeguard measures shall be impose d for a period not exceeding 
two hundred  days, during which the investigation procedures are conducted and final 
findings are issued according to the provisions of the Law and the Regulation.  
CHAPTER V – COMPLAINTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND REVIEWS  
Article Twelv e 
1. The domestic industry  – or someone on its behalf – may file a complaint based on the forms 
prepared by the Department for the purpose of conducting the investigations.  
2. Any of the interested parties – or someone on their behalf – may submit review requests 
based on the forms prepared by the Department according to the review type.  
3. Complaints and review requests shall be submitted, and investigations and reviews shall be 
conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Law. The Regulation sets the required 
provisions that are necessary to implement the requisites of this paragraph.  
4. Duration of investigations procedures shall not exceed twelve months from the date of the 
notice of ini tiation of the investigation. The Governor, when needed, may extend the 
duration of investigation for an additional period/periods, provided that the duration does 
not exceed in total eighteen months from the date of the notice of initiation of the 
investi gation.  
5. When provisional safeguard measures are imposed, the duration of the investigation 
procedures shall not exceed the period of the imposition of the provisional safeguard 
measures.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  6. The duration of review procedures shall not exceed twelve months from  the date of the 
notice of initiation of the review. The Governor – as needed and with the exception for a new 
exporter review  – may extend the duration of the review procedures for an additional 
period/periods, provided that the duration does not exceed i n total fifteen months from the 
date of the notice of initiation of the review.  
CHAPTER VI – ANTI -CIRCUMVENTION  
Article Thirteen  
1. When the existence of circumvention on the imposed measures on imports destined to the 
Kingdom is established, the Authority ma y apply one or more of the following actions:  
a. Amend the scope of imposition of the definitive measures imposed on imports of other 
modified product of the product subject to measures, or parts thereof, from the 
countries or entities subject or not to the m easures, or to be imposed on imports of 
like product from other countries, whether it is modified or not;  
b. Increase the level of the definitive measures imposed on an exporter for whom an 
individual measure is established based on the investigation, up to t he level of the 
country -wide general measure imposed, or to another appropriate level without 
prejudice to paragraph 1 of Article 8 of the Law;  
c. Increase the level of the definitive measure on the product subject to the measure to 
counteract the absorption of the measure, up to an appropriate level without prejudice 
to paragraph 1  of Article 8 of the Law.  
2. When one of the circumvention practices provided in Article 14 of the Law is established, 
and where it is established that the imports subject to the anti -circumvention review are still 
imported at a dumped price relative to their normal value as determined in the anti -dumping 
investigation based on which the measures were imposed, or still benefiting from the 
specific subsidy as determined in the countervai ling investigation based on which the 
measures were imposed, and proven that there is injury or serious injury or that the 
effectiveness of the expected remedial effect of the imposed measures is weakened due to 
no reflection of the measure 's impact on the  volume or prices of the product subject to the 
measure, the circumvention shall be established  if one of the following situations exist:  
a. A change in the pattern of trade between countries or parties not subject to the 
measure and parties in the Kingdom, or between parties in countries subject to 
measure and parties in the Kingdom, arising from the existence of a practice, a 
procedure, or an action for which there is no sufficient justification or an objective 
economic reason other than the imposition of t he measures;  
b. A manipulation of customs data and documents in respect of the declaration of value, 
origin or customs classification of the product subject to the measure;  
c. An absorption of the measures through any means by the exporter or the importer or 
both.  
Article Fourteen  
Circumvention practice is deemed to occur when an exporter or producer carries out any of the 
following practices, procedures, or actions, at the initiation or prior to or following the imposition of 
provisional or definitive measures:  
1. A limited modificat ion of the product subject to the measure with the object of making the 
modified product fall under a custom tariff classification other than the classification covered 
by the measures. This modification is inferred to be limited when the exported product,  after 
modification, has the same production methods of the product subject to the measure, uses 
the same raw materials for production, and has essentially the same apparent 
characteristics of the product subject to measure, or is a substitute of the produ ct subject to 
the measure;  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  2. Exportation, transportation, shipping of the product subject to the measure or parts thereof 
to the Kingdom through countries that are not subject to the measure;  
3. Manipulation of the commercial, shipping or freight documents by t he importer and/or the 
exporter, to declare or show information concerning the product subject to the measures 
that does not reflect the reality, whether related to the value of the product, its origin, or its 
customs classification;  
4. Reorganization by an e xporter or a producer for the pattern or channels of sale in the 
country subject to the measure for the purpose of exportation of the products to the 
Kingdom through another exporter or producer that benefit from more advantageous 
measure than those applie d to it;  
5. Absorption of the measure. The Regulation specifies situations where measures imposed are 
deemed to be absorbed;  
6. Assembly or completion of a minor production process on the product subject to the 
measure within the Kingdom or in a country/countri es not subject to the measure, 
regardless of whether the assembled or completed product obtained the origin of the 
country not subject to the measure – occurs when the following two conditions are met:  
a. The assembly process, or the minor completion of produ ction began, or its processing 
substantially increased immediately at the initiation of the investigation, during the 
investigation, or during the imposition of the measures. Provided that, the parts used 
for assembly process, or the product for which a mi nor production process has been 
done has been imported from a country or countries subject to the measure.  
b. The value added to the assembly process or the minor production process, does not 
exceed twenty -five percent of the production value, unless the prod uction process of 
transforming the product to the product subject to measures is substantial.  For the 
purpose of this article, the value added shall be calculated based only on direct and 
indirect costs of the production process. The general, administrativ e and selling costs, 
packaging costs, and profit are not to be included in value added calculation.  
7. Any other form of practices, procedures or actions that aim to circumvent the measures.  
Article Fifteen  
1. The Authority has the right to initiate an anti -circumvention review on its own initiative, or 
upon a request of an interested party  – or on its behalf  – or a request submitted by one of 
the relevant governmental entities, when there is sufficient evidence of the occurrence of 
one of the circumvention pract ices as  provided in Article 14 of the Law and the existence of 
evidence of one of the circumvention situation as provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 13 of 
the Law. The Regulation specifies the procedures of the anti -circumvention review.  
2. The Authority has t he right, in addition to the request for import monitoring mentioned in 
Paragraph  2 of Article 18 of the Law, to request from the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority 
the registration of imports subject to an anti -circumvention review and/or to request 
securit ies on these imports from the date of initiation of the anti -circumvention review. 
Where the result of an anti -circumvention review justifies amending the scope and/or level 
of the measures, the amended measures shall be collected retroactively from the da te of 
initiation of the anti -circumvention review based on the Chairperson 's decision.  
3. When it is determined that a practice of circumvention of measures in accordance with 
paragraph 5 of Article 14 of the Law exists, the level of measures on imports subj ect to the 
anti-circumvention review shall be re -evaluated by using the normal value or the amount of 
subsidy that was determined in the investigation findings based on which the measures were 
imposed, except if any of the producers, exporters and importer s request an exemption 
based on paragraph 5 of this Article to submit evidence to the Authority within the period 
specified by the Authority that proves that a modified normal value or a modified amount of 
subsidy should be used in the anti -circumvention r eview.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  4. When it is determined that one of the practices of circumvention as described under 
Article  14 of the Law exists, with the exception of paragraph 5 of that Article, the scope of 
measures or level of the measures imposed shall be amended up to the le vel of the 
country -wide general measure imposed on the exporting country or to another level, on a 
case-by-case basis, without prejudice to paragraph 1 of Article 8 of the Law.  
5. Producers, exporters  and importers of the product subject to an anti -circumvention review 
have the right to submit exemption requests to the Authority from the import registration 
proceedings or from payment of securities during the anti -circumvention review, or from 
applying  the amended measures on its imports as result of the anti -circumvention review. 
The Authority may – based on the Chairperson 's decision – grant this exemption to the 
producer, the exporter or the importer, on a case -by-case basis, provided that it is prov en 
that it did not participate in circumvention.  
6. Without prejudice to the authority 's right to conduct an anti -circumvention review based on 
this Chapter and to take the necessary actions in this regard, in the event that the Zakat, 
Tax and Customs Authori ty detects that an importer has practiced circumvention to evade 
payment of the applied measures or part of them – provided that this is clearly proven 
based on evidence and information related to the concerned shipment – the Governor may 
issue a decision to collect the evaded measures by the importer of the seized shipment, and 
to impose a penalty equivalent to double the value of the evaded measures.  The penalty 
shall be doubled in the case of repeated circumvention practice by the same importer.  
In the event that the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority finds that an importer is practicing 
any of the circumvention practices to evade payment of the measures applied or part of 
them, it shall – before releasing the seized shipment subject to circumvention – take the 
necessary securities from the importer at a value equal to the evaded measures and the 
penalty, until the issuance of the Governor 's decision regarding the measures and the 
penalty. The Regulation specifies the necessary conditions and procedures for  the Zakat, Tax 
and Customs Authority to submit to the Authority the documents indicating the cases of the 
seizure.  
7. The Governor shall issue its decision regarding cases of the detected circumvention practices 
within 60 days from the date of receiving the case of seizure by the Zakat, Tax and Customs 
Authority. In case an additional investigation is needed and additional documents and 
evidence are requested from the exporter, importer, or the Zakat, Tax and Customs 
Authority, the Governor may extend this pe riod for up to 120 days upon a decision issued by 
the Governor to extend this period before the end of the original period, and to inform the 
Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority and the importer of this decision.  
8. If the Governor does not take a decision wit hin the two periods referred to in paragraph  7 of 
this Article, it is considered that the case of circumvention is not established, and the Zakat, 
Tax and Customs Authority shall return the securities of the measures and the penalty to the 
importer.  
9. As soon as the Governor 's decision regarding the practice of circumvention is issued, the 
Authority shall notify the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority and the importer of the 
decision. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority shall implement the decis ion immediately, 
as follows:  
a. In the event that the Governor decides that the circumvention practice to evade the 
measures is not proven, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority shall return the 
securities to the importer  . 
b. In the event that the Governor decide s that the circumvention practice to evade the 
measures is proven, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority shall collect the value of 
the evaded measures and the penalty stated in the Governor's decision from the 
securities that were taken from the importer o r by any other appropriate means.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  10. In the event that the importer concerned with the circumvention practice does not provide 
the necessary securities to the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority equal to the value of the 
evaded measures and the penalty within te n days from the date of notification by the Zakat, 
Tax and Customs Authority, the latter shall treat the shipment subject to the circumvention 
practice based on Chapter 14 of the Common Customs Law.  Thereafter, based on the 
Governor 's decision finding the existence of circumvention practice, the Zakat, Tax and 
Customs Authority shall collect the value of the evaded measures and the penalty from the 
value of the seized shipment.  
11. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority shall collect the measures and penalties st ipulated in 
Paragraph  6 of this Article.  
CHAPTER VII – 
IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF THE MEASURES AND THE PUBLIC NOTICE  
Article Sixteen  
1. Provisional and definitive measures shall be imposed through a decree of the Chairperson, 
which shall include information on the product subject to the measures including the product 
description and customs classification/s under which the product subject to measures is 
imported. The decree shall specify the period of the application of the measures including 
the period of retroactive imposition of the measures, nature ( i.e., provisional or definitive) 
and the type of measures, whether as a percentage, and/or value, restrictive quantities, 
price undertakings, securities, or combination of the previous, or any other  form relevant to 
the type of the investigation. Moreover, the decree shall identify the applied measures and 
the parties to whom the measures apply, including the measures that are imposed on 
specific exporters or producers or those imposed as country -wide general measures on all 
imports from the concerned countries, and any other criteria or requirements related to the 
measures.  
2. The public notice of imposition of provisional and definitive measures includes the decree 
issued by the Chairperson and a summa ry of the preliminary or final findings of the 
Authority including the main facts and provisions of the Law and the Regulation on the basis 
of which the findings are concluded, taking into consideration the confidentiality of 
information. The notice and th e Chairperson 's decree shall be published in the 
Official  Gazette and all Chairperson 's decrees shall enter into force from the day following of 
the publication unless the decree specifies other enforcement dates.  
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply to the decisions regarding the 
initiation of investigations an d reviews, their termination and suspension, and termination or 
non-imposition or amendments of the measures, taking into account the necessary 
amendments to be made according to the nature of each decision.  
4. In addition to issuing a public notice, the Auth ority is obligated, in the safeguard 
investigations, to immediately notify the Committee on Safeguards in the WTO of the 
decisions and proceedings taken regarding safeguard investigations and reviews in this 
regard, as specified in the Regulation.  
Article Seventeen  
1. The provisional and definitive measures imposed based on the Law shall be implemented 
and collected by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority on imports destined to the Kingdom. 
Those measures shall be collected independently from customs duties an d other services 
fees or taxes. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority shall notify the Authority on a monthly 
basis with information concerning the procedures of implementation and collection, including 
the quantity and value of imports subject to the measu res and the volume and value of the 
imposed and collected duties.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  2. When measures are imposed in the form of price undertakings, the Zakat, Tax and Customs 
Authority shall, upon request by the Authority, register imports of the exporters from which 
undertaki ngs were accepted and submit monthly reports thereon to the Authority.  
3. When measures are imposed in the form of quantitative restrictions, the Zakat, Tax and 
Customs Authority shall  – based on a decision of the Authority – register the imports of the 
produ ct subject to the measures from all sources, follow up and monitor the level of the 
quotas from all sources and submit monthly reports to the Authority. The Authority, in the 
event of applying quantitative restrictions, may require prior import licenses fo r the imports 
of the product subject to the measure in order to organize and monitor the quotas applied 
based on the Chairperson decision.  
4. Chairperson 's decrees related to the imposition of the measures shall be applied on imports 
destined to the Kingdom, as long as these products have not cleared out from the customs 
circle before the enforcement date of the Chairperson 's decrees imposing definitive and 
provisional measures and other measures with retroactive effects based on paragraph  3 of 
Article  5 of th e Law.  
Article Eighteen  
1. For purposes of conducting investigations, the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority, at the 
time of the initiation of an investigation or at the time of the imposition of provisional or 
definitive measures, or as necessary, and at the request of the Authority, shall apply a 
mechanism to monitor customs codes and create sub -codes for the product under 
investigation or subject to measures. The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority shall provide 
the Authority with monthly reports to follow up with the monitoring procedures and the 
change in volume and price of the product under investigation or subject to measure.  
2. For the purpose of anti -circumvention investigations, the Zakat, Tax, and Customs 
Authority, at the time of the initiation of the in vestigation or at the time of imposition of 
provisional or definitive measures, and at the request of the Authority, shall apply an 
appropriate mechanism to monitor customs codes or create sub -codes for products which 
are related to the product under inves tigation or subject to measure based on the 
Authority 's discretion. The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority shall provide the Authority 
with monthly reports containing the required information on the monitoring procedures.  
CHAPTER VIII – PUBLIC INTEREST  
Article Nineteen  
1. Public interest persons may make themselves known during the period specified by the 
Regulation in the notice of initiation of investigations, expiry review, and review of extension 
of safeguard measures.  
2. Public interest persons shall subm it information supported by documents and evidence to 
the Authority concerning the effects of the imposition of measures on the public interest, 
and whether imposing, extending, or not imposing or terminating the measures is beneficial 
to the public intere st, within the time periods set forth by the Authority and in accordance 
with the Regulation.  
3. The non -confidential information concerning the public interest shall be maintained and 
made available in a public file devoted to this purpose. Interested parties and public interest 
persons that are taking part in the investigations or expiry reviews or reviews of extension 
of safeguard measures, shall have access to the public file and may provide their comments 
in accordance with the rules and procedures set forth in the Regulation.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  Article Twenty  
1. The Authority shall submit to the Chairperson information of public interest that was 
received based on this Chapter during the investigation, expiry review, or review of 
extension of the safeguard mea sures; along with the final results of the investigation, expiry 
review and review of extension of safeguard measures in accordance with the Regulation 's 
provisions. The Authority shall not evaluate information of public interest that was received 
in accor dance with this Chapter, and such information shall not affect the final results of 
investigation, expiry review and review of extension the safeguard measures.  
2. When making the decision to impose or extend definitive measures, the Chairperson may 
make a de cision in relation to public interest considerations. Accordingly, the Chairperson 
may impose, extend, not impose, or not extend the measures, or reduce the period of 
imposition of the measures, or reduce the level of the measures, and may request further 
information in this regard from any entity found appropriate, and make a justified decision in 
relation to public interest according to its discretion and based on the available information 
to determine which decision is more beneficial to public interest.  
Article Twenty  One 
1. When the Chairperson decides to reduce the level of measures based on public interest 
considerations contrary to the final findings of the investigations, expiry review and the 
review of extension of safeguard measures, the Authority sh all, before publishing the 
Chairperson 's decision, re -determine the measures imposed based on the percentage of 
reduction of the level as decided by the Chairperson.  
2. When the Chairperson decides not to impose or extend definitive measures based on public 
interest considerations, the domestic industry shall not be entitled to file a complaint 
regarding the same product under the investigation from the same source for at least 
six months from the date of the Chairperson 's decision not to impose or ext end measures 
due to public interest considerations.  
CHAPTER IX – CONFIDENTIALITY  
Article Twenty  Two 
1. The Authority and all participants that have access to investigations, including Board 
members, employees, contractors, and representatives of the Authority , shall protect and 
not disclose confidential information regarding investigations or reviews, including 
confidential information of the interested parties, public interest persons, or the reports 
prepared by the Authority, or confidential information rece ived by virtue of jurisdiction or 
employment in trade remedies.  
2. The Authority shall adopt the necessary procedures to protect confidential information and 
to regulate its circulation and access by those who have access to confidential information. 
The Aut hority shall separate the confidential data files from the public files that are 
accessible to the interested parties and public interest persons participating in the 
investigation or review.  
Article Twenty  Three  
1. The disclosure of any confidential informat ion is prohibited unless there is written consent 
from the party having submitted the confidential information, or based on a final judicial 
decision or a binding order from the competent court requiring the disclosure of such 
information, provided that th e party who owns the confidential information is notified of this 
decision or order.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  2. Without prejudice to any more severe penalty under relevant laws, the Law on Penalties for 
Publishing and Disclosing Confidential Documents and Information shall apply to violators of 
Paragraph  1 of Article 22 of the Law.  
3. The Regulation sets out the conditions under which information is considered confidential 
and the conditions in which the interested parties and public interest persons are obliged to 
provide non -confiden tial summaries in investigations and reviews.  
CHAPTER X – JUDICIAL REVIEW  
Article Twenty  Four 
1. Any interested parties who participated in an investigation or review and is directly affected 
by a final decision of the Chairperson, may submit a grievance to the Chairperson against its 
decision concerning final results of an investigation or review wit hin thirty days of the date 
of publication of the decision in the Official Gazette.  
2. The Chairperson shall decide on the grievance submitted in accordance with Paragraph  1 of 
this Article with a justified decision within a period not exceeding sixty days f rom the date of 
its submission. If no decision is taken within that period, the grievance shall be considered 
rejected.  
Article Twenty  Five 
Any interested parties who participated in an investigation or review and is directly affected by a 
final decision o f the Chairperson, may submit, within thirty days starting from the date in which 
they were notified of the Chairperson 's decision in connection to their grievance or from the date 
of the expiry of the 60 -day period without the Chairperson making a decisio n on the grievance, a 
claim of cancelation of the Chairperson 's decision to the competent Administrative Court according 
to the applicable laws.  
Article Twenty  Six 
1. The importer who is subject to the Governor 's decision of imposition of a fine and collection 
of evaded measures  may, according to paragraph 6 of Article 15 of the Law, submit a 
grievance to the Governor within thirty days from the date on which the importer was 
notified of the Governor 's decision.  
2. The Governor shall decide on the grieva nce submitted in accordance with Paragraph  1 of this 
Article with a justified decision within a period not exceeding sixty days from the date of its 
submission. If no decision is taken within that period, the grievance shall be considered 
rejected.  
3. The imp orter who is subject to the Governor 's decision of imposition of a fine and collection 
of evaded measures may submit, within thirty days starting from the date in which the 
importer was notified of the Governor 's decision in connection to its grievance or from the 
date of the expiry of the 60 -day period without the Governor making a decision on the 
grievance, a claim of cancelation of the Governor 's decision before the competent 
Administrative Court according to the applicable laws.  
Article Twenty  Seven  
Interested parties who are affected by procedures made by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority 
in applying and collecting the imposed trade remedies measures, may object on such procedures 
in accordance with the applicable provisions in customs procedures.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  CHAPTER XI – GCC INVESTIGATIONS  
Article Twenty  Eight  
1. The domestic industry has the right to submit a trade remedies complaint against an 
imported product from specific sources either under this Law or under the Common Law. It 
is not permissible to examine complaints and conduct investigations targeting the same 
imported product from the same specific source in parallel under both laws.  
2. Measures shall not be imposed concurrently under this Law and the Common Law on 
imports destined to the Kingdom aga inst the same product and from same sources to 
remedy the same case of dumping or specific subsidy or the increase in imports.  
Article Twenty  Nine  
The Authority shall coordinate and cooperate with the relevant governmental entities, each in their 
respective capacity, to provide the necessary assistance to the domestic industry and the Technical 
Secretariat Office in the conduct of GCC investigations, including providing information for 
conducting GCC investigations and taking the necessary implemen ting procedures to apply the 
measures in accordance with the Common Law.  
CHAPTER XII – FINAL PROVISIONS  
Article Thirty  
In defending Saudi exports in relation to trade remedies, the Authority shall carry out the following 
duties:  
1. Represent the Kingdom in de fending its exports in trade remedies proceedings and 
investigations initiated by importing countries.  
2. Provide technical advice and support to exporters concerned by trade remedies proceedings 
and investigations initiated by importing countries against the ir exports.  
Article Thirty  One 
The Authority shall abide by the mandatory time periods set forth in the Law, the Regulation and 
WTO agreements in relation to trade remedies. For that purpose, the Authority shall communicate 
directly with all interested pa rties including governmental and private foreign entities and the WTO 
in regards with trade remedies. It may also, for that purpose, request, receive, collect, access and 
maintain all confidential and non -confidential information needed to perform its acti vities relating 
to trade remedies from relevant foreign governmental entities, interested parties, public interest 
persons and relevant governmental entities.  
Article Thirty  Two 
All time periods shall be extended if their last day fall on a public holiday or a weekend, as defined 
under the applicable Saudi law, to the day following the end of the holiday. The last day of any 
time period shall end at (3:00 PM) in the Kingdom 's timing.  
Article Thirty -Three  
1. The Authority represents the Kingdom before the Disp ute Settlement Body of the WTO or 
any other appropriate disputes settlement bodies in dispute settlement proceedings related 
to trade remedies measures imposed by the Kingdom or imposed against the Kingdom 's 
exports, or matters affecting the interests of t he Kingdom.  G/ADP/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SCM/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/1/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  2. The Governor takes the decision to resort to dispute settlement in the WTO or any other 
body concerned in disputes settlement resulting from measures applied by foreign importing 
countries against the Kingdom's exports, and makes a decision in that regard,  including 
resorting to consultations, arbitration or any types and levels of disputes settlement. The 
Governor takes decisions related to the defense of the interests of the Kingdom with the 
WTO or with any other judicial body or any other body concerned with disputes settlement, 
or any litigation, arbitration, consultations and other procedures made by foreign exporting 
countries against the measures imposed by the Authority.  
3. The Chairperson shall, based on the Governor 's recommendation, amend, suspend or  
terminate measures and take all necessary actions and procedures to comply with a final 
and binding decision issued by the competent Administrative Court or the 
Dispute  Settlement Body of the WTO or other disputes settlement bodies in relation to 
investigations and reviews conducted by the Kingdom or measures imposed by the 
Kingdom; or based on a final agreement reached further to consultations under the WTO 's 
dispute settlement mechanism or other disputes settlement bodies.  
Article Thirty  Four 
1. The investigation procedures provided in the Law and Regulation shall not prevent customs 
clearance of imports of the product under investigation or review.  
2. Measures applied on any imported product shall not be refunded, or waived fully or partially, 
unless on the basis of the provisions of the Law or the Regulation.  
Article Thirty  Five 
The provisions of the Anti -Dumping Agreement, the Agreement on Subsidy and Countervailing 
Measures, and the Agreement on Safeguards and other provisions related to trade remed ies in 
the WTO, shall apply in matters that are not provided in the Law and Regulation.  
Article Thirty  Six 
The Board issues the Regulation within ninety days of the date of publication of the Law in 
the Official Gazette.  
Article Thirty  Seven  
The Law enters  into force ninety days after its publication in the Official Gazette.  
 
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